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HANSARD Business of the HouseI see the Chairman of the Backbench Business Committee nodding, and he will have heard my right hon. Friend’s request for a debate.24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThat is exactly the sort of issue that should be brought to an Adjournment debate, with reference to the specific trustees and to the trust concerned. Trustees have fiduciary…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Lady is right to raise the tragic events of yesterday. The thing that struck me so much was actually what the Leader of the Opposition said about how awful it must have…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWe have done both, but offering an election is not playing games but trusting the people. Her Majesty’s Government, the Conservative and Unionist party, trust the British people;…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI have currently been averaging a business statement a day, and I am unsure whether that is a habit that will be unduly encouraged by you or by others, Mr Speaker. However, in the…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is right. I think there may be a developing desire in some quarters in this House to suspend the quinquennial Act.24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWe hope that the House will vote for a general election on Monday, because we need to clear this up. We cannot go on endlessly, not making any decisions, and that seems to be the…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is correct, but the Prime Minister got rid of the undemocratic backstop, which made the deal acceptable.24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseLeaving the European Union was put to the British people on 23 June 2016, and a general election surely is consulting the people, if nothing else.24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseEarlier today, I was actually praising the Leader of the Opposition, and now I am able to quote him. His words are words of wisdom. On 24 September 2019, exactly one month ago, he…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe right hon. Lady says that the Prime Minister has not made sufficient time. In his letter to the Leader of the Opposition, my right hon. Friend says: “we will make available…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe idea that economic models prove anything is for the birds.24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Home Secretary will be answering Home Office questions on Monday, when there will be the opportunity to question her.24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseNo, I do not understand—there is a balance. We could ban absolutely everything and have no fun, which is basically what socialists always want to do.24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman makes a serious point. All Members are concerned by the rise in knife crime, hence the need for extra police. I suggest that regular questions to the Home…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMy hon. Friend is right to raise that pressing issue. Malnutrition is a major cause of preventable deaths, and the underlying cause behind 45% of child deaths and 20% of maternal…24 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is hard to see how the time could have been divided up otherwise. My right hon. Friend mentions the commitment to leave on 31 October and says that people may have voted to…22 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI think the original understanding of limbo—one that is no longer widely accepted—is that it was a place for the souls of the unbaptised and for those who died before salvation…22 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the point he raises, but we have already gone through this. We would need a further programme motion if we were to sit through the night. It…22 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseFortunately, the matter of selecting amendments does not fall to me. It falls to wiser heads.22 Oct 2019